Frog forming insert for hosiery boxes



2 Sheets-Sham'I l A. W. ZERBY FROG FORMING INSERT FOR HOSIERY BOXESFiled April 9, 1929 z Z B 7 Feb.V 28, 1933.

FSB 2S, 1933. A- W, ZERBY FROG FORMING INSERT FOR HosIERY BOXES FiledApril 9, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Feb. 28, 1933 .ARTI-IUE W.ZEB'IBY, 0F READING, PENNSYLVANIA FROG FORIVIING- INSERT' FOR- I-IOSIERYBOXES vApplication filed April 9,

'fhisy invention relates to boxes for holding womens stockings and tocertain detailed improvements upon the box disclosed in mjy/'Patent No.1,728,385 of September 17, 1929. In this application for patent, I haveshown a hosiery box having frogs as they are called, so arrange-d thatwhenV a pair of stockings is folded, the toe and heel portions of tl estockings will be received and held in the spaces designed to receivethetoe and heel portions, while the leg portions of the stockings, if thesestockings be properly folded, will lie in the box and abut against 'theadjacent ends of a pair of opposed frog members, thus preventing slidingor rolling of the stockings to prevent the stockings from getting out oforder or shape in the box, while at theV same time providing for anattractive display of the folded stockings.

rEhe present invention relates to the forination of an insert of lightcardboard adapted to be disposed within the box and so formed to providelateral frogs and if desired a triangular toe frog so designed as tohold the stockings in place .as above stated.

A further object in this connection is to so form the insert that thefrogs are formed integral with the cardboard of the insert and cut outtherefrom by lneans of suitable dies and folded up to forni the frogs bymeans of suitable dies and furtherto so forni this insert that it may bemade of cardboard having only one highly finished face and to fur- 351ther so forni the insert that the portion of the pasteboard insertforming the frogs proper will have this finished face upon the exteriorthereof.

Other objects will appear in the course of the followin description.

My invention is illustrated pain/ing drawings, wherein Figure iis a planview of a box having my improved insert applied thereto, the insertbeing broken away;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 50, Figure 4 is a planView of the blank from in the accom- 1929. serial No. 353,823.

which the insert used -in Figure 1 is made; `ldigure 5 is a fragmentaryplan view of the upper portion of a box having another form of inserttherein and partly broken away;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of the blank from which the insert shownin Figure 5 is made.

In Figure 1 I have illustrated an insert designated 10 which is formedof a single sheet of pasteboard having a substantially finished facewhich is designed to form the exposed face of the insert. One face, forinstance, of this pasteboard may be tinted or may have a highlyenainelled or polished surface or may be otherwise ornainented, whilethe reverse face of the stock may be unornamented or untinted.

The insert is designed to provide two frogs` A ydisposed at the sides ofthe insert at one end thereof, these frog portions A being associatedwith a triangular frog portion B, the opposite ends of the frog portionsA forming abutments against which the folded legs of the stockings willbear, the ankles of the stockings and the toes and heels being disposedbetween the frogs A and extending, into the space between the frog B andthe frog portions A. This insert is formed, as before stated, from asingle sheet of light cardboard. y

In order to form the triangular frog portion B, the cardboard sheet iscut diagonally inward along the line 10 and then transversely at 10a fora short distance and a slit 1()b is formed extending upward and mediallyfrom the end of the slit 10a. The cardboard is scored transverselyalongthe line 11 to provide for folding down the portion 12 above thisscore. The cardboard is also scored on its inner surface as at 13, thesescores extending downward and medially and intersecting each other and aparallel score upon r the exterior face of the cardboard is formed at14:. These scores 11 and 13 define the triangular frog portion B.

The score 15 which extends upward fromv the slit 10 to the junction ofthe scores 13 forms a flap 16 adapted to be inserted behind the verticallower wall of the triangularfrog B as shown in Figure 1. Thus when thisportion of the insert has been folded as described, the triangular frogB will be completely formed.

It will be noted from Figures 1 and 6 that the upper edge of the flapwhich forms the frog B or B is not disposed at right angles to thelateral edges of the insert or to the longitudinal axis of the insert orsheet but is disposed at less than a right angle and that the score line11 is, of course, parallel to the upper edge 12 so that the axial centerof the frog B, that is, a line extendin from the base of the triangularfrog and t rough the apex thereof is disposed at an angle to thelongitudinal axis of the frog. This structure permits the insert to bemade with great economy of material as there is no part of this frogwhich projects laterally out beyond the side lines of the sheet andfurther permits the lateral frogs A which are hereafter to be describedto be disposed close to the ends of the triangular frog so that aninsert may be formed provided with an upper triangular frog and twolateral frogs which are disposed close to the ends of the triangularfrog for the purpose of holding womens stockings folded as shown inFigure 1.

Each frog portion A as shown in Figure 3 is formed with an outerdepending wall a and an inner depending wall a and a wall a2 extendingupward and outward to the corner of the insert. In order to form thesefrogs A from one sheet of material, it is necessary to punch out atransversely extending slot or cnt out 19 in the cardboard which willinter- Sect each of the frog portions A at the junction of the faces azwith the faces a', this cut or opening 19 being formed with triangularends 19, As shown in Figure 4, the blank for this insert is tranverselyslitted inward as at 20. This slit 2() does not extend to the outsideedge of the blank, but ends suliciently from the outside edge of theblank to provide for the outside margin of the blank beinglongitudinally scored as at 21 so that the portion between this score 21and the edge of the blank may be turned down to form the wall a. Theportion forming the wall a is extended along the margin of the blank butseparated therefrom by a slit 22 and this portion which forms the walla,a closing the small" end of the frog portion A is transversely scoredso that the extremity a of this wall may be turned inward behind theWall a'.- The wall a is formed by longitudinally scoring the material oneach side of the blank as at 23 and 24 so that this wall a may be turnedup to a vertical position and the Wall L2 is also formed by twoangularly directed scores 25 and 26, the score 25 extending upward andoutward from the edge of the blank.

The body of the blank 10 below the transverse slits 2() is formed toprovide the marginal fianges 27 by scoring the edges of the margins ofthe blank so that these may be turned upward to forni walls or flangeslitting within the box so that the insert will be held firmly within thebox itself.

It will be seen that when the marginal portions or walls a are turned toa vertical position that the walls a and a2 will also be turned to avertical position and that this will tend to close the opening 19 ornarrow it and that when the completed iusert is placed within its boxthat the frogs will be supports with their walls in a position at rightangles to the face of the box and be held rigidly in place so as toreceive in the spaces between the frogs the folded stockings. It will beseen that the walls a'u constitute abutments against which therelatively wide upper ends of the stockings will bear when the stockingsare folded and that the ankle portions of the stockings will be receivedbetween the walls a with the toes disposed over the opening 19 and theheels will extend in divergent directions. The pair of stockings willthus be held in folded condition against disorder and against anyshifting action within the box and the stockings cannot get out of orderand at the same time are well displayed when the box is opened.

In Figure I show a modified form of insert having at one end atriangular frog B such as previously described and adiaceut this frogand on each side thereof the lateral frogs A. These have outwardlydiverging inner faces or walls but these walls do not intersect theupper corners of the insert but intersect the upper end of the insert-`The triangular frog B is shorter than the insert instead of having awidth approximately equal to the width of the insert as in Figure 1. Thefrog B is formed in precisely the same manner as the frog B previouslydescribed and hence the same reference numerals have been applied to thewalls and folds thereof. The only difference hetween the frog B and thefrog B is that the rear wall formed by the portion 12 of frog B extendsthe entire width ot' the insert and beyond the ends of the frog B.

The frogs A are formed by transversely slitting the material of theinsert or sheet at 28. The inclined wall a of the frog A extends thewhole length of the frog iustead of only partially the length of thefrog as in Figure 1 and hence there is no recessity of transverselyslitting the insert 10 at 19 as previ ouslydescribed. Instead the blankis longitudinally scored at EL and 26" for the whole length of the. frogso as to form the inside wall n? of the frog. The outside wall of thefrog is formed b v the longitudinally extending score 21n whereby theouter margin may be bent into a position at right angles to the plane ofthe sheet and the frog is closed at its wider end by slitting the wisethan as above described, the blank for the insert is the same as thatshown in Figure t, the principal difference being that in the oneinsert, the lateral frogs A have inner parallel walls a and then havewalls diverging outwardly.

In the insertshown in Figure 5 the lat-- eral frogs A are formed withinner walls which extend in straight lines outward and toward that endof the insert having the triangular frog B. In one case, it is necessaryto provide the transverse cnt-away portion 19. In the other case, it isnot. Therefore, the insert shown in Figure 5 is cheaper to make thanthat shown in Figure l but it does not as securely hold the stockingsagainst movement.

It will be seen that all of these inserts may be disposed within boxes,that they will form ornamental linings as it were for the boxes withinwhich they are disposed, that by reason of the fact that the insertseach forined with a frog having a squared leg engaging end or abutmentthat the stockings will be held in place against longitudinal shiftingmovement and that the lateral frogs will hold the stockings againstlateral shifting movement, while at the same time the stockings aredisplayed in a particularly attrac tive manner.

Furthermore, the design for these inserts is such that the coated,ornamented or fin,- ished face of the cardboard sheet is displayed atall points and over all areas. These inserts may be readily formed bydies. and thus may be very cheaply and quickly inade. After the blanksfor the inserts have been cut and stamped or otherwise formed, they maybe readily bent up for insertion within a hosiery box.

Tiihile I have illustrated two different forms of my invention, I do notwish te be limited to the exact details shown, as many of these might bechanged or varied within the scope of the appended claims withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

It is in order to show that the blanks may be varied to some extent thatI have illustrated two different forms of my invention.

It is also to be particularly noted that in both forms of insert, eachlateral frog is de fined at its upper and lower ends by a transverseopening or slit. In Figure 4l, there is a space above the pointed end ofthe left hand frog while the right hand frog at its upper end is definedby an opening which extends into the cardboard. In Figure 6, there areinwardly extending spaces on each side which extend in from the outermargins of the cardboard blank toward the triangular frog B',

-i-whilethe lower end of each frog B is defined by the slitQS. Thelateral frogs are, therefore, separated from the body blank at theirupper andL lower ends so that they may be bent upward. Y o

YBy using an insert of the character described in a hosiery box, thebottom of the box proper can be made of uncoated or unglazed cardboard.`Where no insert is used, the coated or glazed cardboard is necessary inorder to form the box. With my construction, it is not necessary to glueor paste the frog in the box and no looks are necessary in order to holdthe frogs in position. Further by means of this improved insert, thetoe,

heel and leg portions of hosiery can be displayed while in the boxsovthat the customer can see all three 'of these portions withoutunfolding the stocking which is not the case in the present manner ofdisplaying stockings in boxes. n I claim v 1. Aninsert for hosiery boxesformed of a single sheet of cardboard, the sheet at one end having adiagonal cut extendingV inward and medially from the adjacent end of thesheet and a diagonal score extending inward and medially and convergingtoward the end of the cut, the area defined by said cut and scorehaving'two converging scores parallel to the first named cut and score,the upper end of the sheet having a transversely extending scoreparallel to the edge thereof, the areas defined by the first namedscores forming the inner walls of an integral triangular frog, the areadefined by the last named score and the end edge of the sheet formingthe outer kwall of the frog the end edge of the sheet forming the'upperedge of the frog extending vtransversely of the sheet at an angle lessthan a right angle to the longitudinal axis `of the sheet.

2. An insert for hosiery boxes, the insert having a. triangular frog atAone end, the frog-being formed by an integral flap connected to thebody of the sheet along a di agonal' inwardly and medially extendingscore, the flapbeing separated from the bodyv of the sheet opposite thescore by an inwardly and medially extending cut, the out being extended`upward from the end of the score, the area defined by said cut and thescore havingtwo inwardly diverging scores parallel to the first namedcut and score and intersecting at their liunction with the upwardlyextending portion of said cut, there being a score extending inward andlaterally from said point of convergence'to said cut whereby to form aiiap engageable beneath the first named scored portion, the upper end ofthe sheet having a transversely extending score parallel to the upperedge thereof, the area defined bythe last named score and the end edgeof the sheet forming the outer upstanding wall of the frog, the upperedge of the leo lio

flap forming the frog and the last named score of the flap beingdisposed at less than a right angle to the longitudinal axis of thesheet.

3. An insert for hosiery boxes for containing womens stockings, theinsert being formed of a single sheet of material, the insert at one endbeing formed to provide an upstanding integral triangular frog havingits apex inward and the sheet being formed to provide two lateralupstanding frogs, each extending from a point intermediate the ends ofthe sheet to a point adjacent the lateral ends of the triangular frog,the lower ends of the lateral fro remote from thetriangular frog beingdelgred each by a cut extending at right angles to the length of thesheet and outward toward the adjacent edge of the sheet, the cut thenextending longitudinally parallel to the edge of the sheet and away fromthe frog and then outward to form a free tab. the sheet on each sidehaving a score forming a continuation of the lon 'tudinal portion ofsaid cut, the sheet on eac side of its middle having two parallel scoresintersecting the inner portion of the transverse cut and extendingthence to the end of the sheet having the triangular frog, said tab whenthe frog is elevated being extended across and closing that end of thecorresponding lateral frog remote from the triangular 4. An insert forhosiery boxes containing womens stockings and formed of a. single sheetof material, the sheet being formed to provide an upstanding integraltriangular frogadjacent one end of the sheet having its apex extendinginward, the sheet having a longitudinally extendin slit on each side ofthe sheet and a longitu inal score forming a continuation of the slit,the slit and score being spaced from the adjacent edge of the sheet, atransverse slit extending inward from the junction of the longitudinalslit with the score, two spaced longitudinal scores extending from theinnerportion of the transverse slit, then extending at an anglelongitudinally and laterally to one end of the sheet, the outer scoreintersecting the adjacent end of the first named score, the sheet havinga transverse opening terminating at each end in a V-shaped portion, theapex of which intersects the inner score at the junction of thelongitudinal with the outwardly angled por-- tions of the scores.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

ARTHUR W. ZERBY.

